THE ARCADE FIRE LYRICS - The Suburbs

"The Suburbs"



In the suburbs I

I learned to drive

And you told me we'd never survive

Grab your mother's keys we're leavin'



You always seemed so sure

That one day we'd fight in

In a suburban world

your part of town gets minor

So you're standin' on the opposite shore

But by the time the first bombs fell

We were already bored

We were already, already bored



Sometimes I can't believe it

I'm movin' past the feeling

Sometimes I can't believe it

I'm movin' past the feeling again



Kids wanna be so hard

But in my dreams we're still screamin' and runnin' through the yard

And all of the walls that they built in the seventies finally fall

And all of the houses they build in the seventies finally fall

Meant nothin' at all

Meant nothin' at all

It meant nothin



Sometimes I can't believe it

I'm movin' past the feeling

Sometimes I can't believe it

I'm movin' past the feeling and into the night



So can you understand?

Why I want a daughter while I'm still young

I wanna hold her hand

And show her some beauty

Before this damage is done



But if it's too much to ask, it's too much to ask

Then send me a son



Under the overpass

In the parking lot we're still waiting

It's already passed

So move your feet from hot pavement and into the grass

Cause it's already passed

It's already, already passed!



Sometimes I can't believe it

I'm movin' past the feeling

Sometimes I can't believe it

I'm movin' past the feeling again



I'm movin' past the feeling

I'm movin' past the feeling



In my dreams we're still screamin'

We're still screamin'

We're still screamin'